A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Since they got back from the hospital, Mark took off the handcuffs from Tina. However, if Tina refused treatment, Mark wouldn't hesitate to lock her up again, even if it would make Tina hate him more.

Tina did not utter a word, but the resentment was clear as crystal in her eyes.

Tina hated feeling like a prisoner! She never imagined her life would come to this!

Before long, Mark brought another bowl of ointment and applied it on Tina's wounds gently.

"When do you intend on setting me free?" Tina asked, coldly.

"Doesn't it feel good to be home? No one can hurt you here and you won't have to see the faces that you don't like either," Mark answered, with tongue-in-cheek.

In the past few days, Mark's parents made several attempts to visit Tina, but every time Mark would send them back with some kind of excuse. Mark's parents felt guilty assuming that Tina did not want to see them because they wanted to welcome Emily back into the Tao family. Therefore, they decided to give Tina some time on her own, instead of constantly pestering her.

Besides, they trusted their son to take good care of Tina, so they did not have to worry about anything at all.

Frustrated and annoyed, Tina screamed at Mark, "You've kept me locked up here, against my will, Mark!"

"No, I'm protecting you," he said.

"Hypocrite," she replied.

"I don't care what you think of me," he retorted.

Mark didn't hold any grudges against Tina. He just smiled and said, "But my love for you is unconditional."

Tina warned, with contempt, "You cannot keep me locked up in here forever."

Mark did not take Tina's threat seriously until night time, when he really understood what she had meant by that.

When Mark left her alone for a little while, Tina used a piece of broken glass to cut open her wrist. The blood gushed out from the wound and dripped all over the ground.

spasm of panic contorted his face, as he panicked and rushed to cover

feel so resentful, you can take it out on me. Why do you hurt yourself?

she could not

concern for her own safety hurt Mark's

his eyes failed to hide his real emotions. Needless to say, he was angry at what Tina had done to

around to face him and gave a grim smile. "Yep, you can keep me locked up in here as long as you want, and I will keep on doing this to keep myself

could finish, the doctor came into the

on Tina's wrist, as she hurried to dress it up quickly. "Be sure to not let it touch water,"

face was still and motionless. He didn't utter

them were fighting a silent war against each other, as if

love, the one to take things seriously would tend to lose, while the

Mark was the former.

to hurt yourself just to get to me. Do you understand?" he

she answered. Tina's eyes did not carry an ounce

and her health. She had nothing left in this

perfect life. Emily had everything Tina had lost. How could Tina go on

kept Tina going was her hatred and resentment for Emily.

down to hell with her, if that was the last thing she had to

face darkened. "You can go, but I will accompany you everywhere at all times. Do not try to be devious. I promise I will exact revenge upon your enemies for you," he promised.

no one could protect Emily anymore. Then he could torture both Jacob and Emily as he

to taste what it felt to be desperate

imagined all the various and elaborate methods he would use to torture them.

her to torture them as long as

that came out of his mouth, as she

as gentle as before. "Our parents haven't seen you in

that if Mark continued to keep Tina locked up in his home for an indefinite amount time, his parents would

are your parents, not